Privacy policy

We Protect Your Right to Privacy

EEI-net.org respects your privacy. We understand better than most the need for you to maintain control over your personal data when using the Internet. We maintain your privacy through the enforcement of strict internal polices that exceed industry standards. Our guidelines for protecting the information you provide us during a visit to our Web site appear below.

Privacy Statement

This statement discloses the privacy practices for www.eei-net.org. We have designed eei-net.org so that no personal identifying information is displayed online or is accessible to the general public.

What Information We Gather/Track

We collect and store some or all of the following information about our users: name; email address; address; phone number. We also receive and may store certain types of information whenever you interact with us. For example, like many Web sites, we use "cookies", and we obtain certain types of information when your Web browser accesses eei-net.org.

Use of Data

EEI-net.org uses your information to better understand your needs and provide you with better service. Specifically, we use your information to help communicate back to you, to personalize our web sites for you, and to manage and renew your subscription.

Web Applications

Certain online applications store some components on your hard drive. The software employs proprietary technology to scan your computer system and retrieve information regarding your installed software and hardware. The information that is retrieved is used to provide the services you have chosen to subscribe to or use. In addition, unless you indicate you do not want this service, the information will be used to generate advertising that is appropriate for you. The information gathered by these applications is used only to generate output directed to you and is not aggregated or used for any other purpose. It is not stored along with any identifying information about you, nor is it sold, rented, or shared with any outside parties in any form whatever.

Use of Your Email Address

If you provide us with your email address when you register we will occasionally send you email with announcements and newsletters. You are free at anytime to unsubscribe from this service.

Separately, we send service notifications via email to keep you informed about the status of your service orders or accounts and to provide updates and technical notices. These messages are essential to the maintenance of your subscription and the functionality of our services. Therefore there is no opt-out available for service notifications and these messages cannot be blocked.

Who We Share It With

EEI-net.org will not sell, rent, or lease your personally identifiable information to others. Unless we have your permission or are required by law, we will only share the personal data you provide online with other EEI-net.org entities and/or business partners who are acting on our behalf for the uses described in "Use of Data". By contract, third parties must comply with their own privacy policies with regard to the renting, selling, or sharing of information. As partners of EEI-net.org, they must also offer EEI-net.org visitors the chance to opt out of information sharing. For advertising purposes, visitor and customer information is statistically aggregated and reported to advertisers. However, we do not disclose to these entities any information that could be used to personally identify you, such as your name, email address, account or password.

Links

EEI-net.org contains links to other Web sites. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you are 'clicking' to another Web site. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of these linked sites, as their privacy policies may differ from ours.

Cookies

EEI-net.org uses software tags called "cookies" to identify customers when they visit our site. Cookies are used to remember user preferences and maximize performance of our services. Additionally, cookies help us to identify returning users so that we don't ask them to enter their email and McAfee.com password with every visit. The information we collect with cookies is not sold, rented, or shared with any outside parties. We also ask that you fill in your first name and last name in a box so that our customer support services can identify and assist you in case of login problems. We cannot provide subscription services to users whose browsers are set to reject all cookies.

Log Files

EEI-net.org maintains log files of the traffic that visits the EEI-net.org site. We do not link any information gathered in these log files to personally identifying information. Log files are used to manage traffic loads and information technology requirements for providing reliable service. Information collected includes IP addresses and browser types.

Feedback

We collect user feedback. We do not typically respond to user feedback in the form of email. We do cull testimonials that appear on the site from our feedback form, but only after we have obtained permission from the senders. Users who would like a response to specific questions concerning the service or their subscriptions are directed to the customer service area. These questions will be respond to as quickly as possible.

Correct/Update/Delete User Information

Users can update, correct, or delete their personal information on EEI-net.org at anytime. Users may cancel their registration by accessing the "Unsubscribe" button at the homepage.

Information Security

All information gathered on the EEI-net.org site is stored and maintained in secure facilities that limit access to authorized personnel only. This personnel can only access the information through a series of access-control procedures. All EEI-net.org employees are briefed about the company's privacy and security policies on a regular basis. The EEI-net.org Web site is regularly tested for security breaches to ensure that all information collected is secure from unauthorized viewing.

Notification of Changes

If we change our privacy policy, we will post a notice on our site so our users are aware of the change in what information we collect, how we use it, and/or under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their previously submitted information in this different manner. Users may choose to have their information used in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.